“The Fountain of Life” is one of the legendary descriptions applied to the herb gotu kola by the Chinese centuries ago. This is a wonderful plant, but that description may be stretching it … just a little.

A Mediterranean style diet plus selected nuts and oils improves the ageing brain.

Surveys from 1938 and 2014 have shown some changes in what we perceive as happiness.

Self-promotion might seem to be clever but usually it has negative effects.

Researchers have examined the effect of a gap year between school and university.

Replacing one sugary drink a day with water dramatically reduces your diabetes risk.

Noise, such as on an airplane, changes the way you taste your food.

More sex does not necessarily lead to greater happiness.

Antarctica’s ice sheet is losing weight, and it’s not good news.

While L-arginine is regarded as only a “semi-essential” amino acid, its actions make it extremely useful for a range of people.

Cacao, not chocolate, can help keep you alert in the afternoon.

Coffee can act as an antioxidant and so can the by-products of coffee manufacture.